Jail term upheld for killer of top official in New Caledonia

RNZ

2 December, 2018, 6:25 am

The court of appeal in New Caledonia has upheld the 20-year prison sentence given to Aymerick Vakie for killing the vice-president’s chief of staff two years ago. The badly mutilated body of Jean-Pierre Deteix, who was in his early 70s, was discovered next to a beach and his car was later found about 15 kilometres away in St Louis. […]